June 4-8 Second COWAP Conference in Paris, La construccion de la parentalidad en la adolescencia. Los retos actuales en Mexico y Francia (The construction of parenthood at adolescence. Present challenges in Mexico and France) This is a continuation of the first COWAP conference organized in 2009 in Paris by Teresa Lartigue and Leticia Solis Ponton.

Provisional details: Venue: Palazzo Ducale with Stefano Bolognini addressing the city of Genoa on the evening of 21st.

5 – 6 October COWAP conference, Seattle, ‘Images of Women’

Co-sponsored by the IPA and by the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (SPSI). Laurie Wilson, Mariam Alizade and Gertraud Schlesinger-Kipp are confirmed speakers, with local/regional speakers and discussants to be arranged. Anyone interested in participating in the conference should contact Cecile Bassen (cbassen@hotmail.com ) and while further funding to participate is not available, she would be delighted to discuss how they might participate.